Yes To Equality
There are many fair and progressive reasons to vote yes in the expected referendum on marriage equality later this yearContinue Reading
Tag: Government of Ireland
The Monster Raving Loony Unionist Party
In the second decade of the 21st century the British people as a whole have little interest and even lessContinue Reading
The Most Fucked Up Little Country In the World
How do you eliminate institutional discrimination against a minority community when public servants from an apathetic majority community dominate nearly all government departmentsContinue Reading
Condemning Rebellion In Occupied France And Ireland
Today’s Irish Times newspaper carries a deeply offensive article examining the period of 1939-45 in France and what the authorContinue Reading
Translation Fail
Cautioning on the perils of machine translation, especially when expectations surpass achievable results, Michael Bauer on his Dear Developer blog posts a letter he has written toContinue Reading
Je Suis Gael
In 1981 the “reverend” Ian Paisley MP MEP, founder and chief of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the DemocraticContinue Reading
The Jacobin View On Ireland
The US-based Jacobin magazine has a lengthy and well-informed article on the current situation here in Ireland, particularlyContinue Reading
The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue Reading
Three Irish Tales
As Sinn Féin accuses the lacklustre Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition of abandoning key government demands during the recent talks betweenContinue Reading
Rallies, Demonstrations And The Numbers War
30,000 or 100,000? That is the politically crucial question in relation to the numbers of people who attended yesterday’s massiveContinue Reading
Ireland Facilitated CIA’s Torture Porn Program
For several centuries the physical and psychological abuse of captives, male and female, old and young was something experienced by almost every generationContinue Reading
Ireland Third Most Deprived Nation On EU 15 List
The Irish news media has spent much of the last week focusing on the issue of homelessness following the dreadfully sad passing ofContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And Fianna Fáil 2016
Today’s Irish Times Ipsos MRBI poll makes for some interesting reading, not least with the dramatic surge inContinue Reading
Waterboarding Made In Britain
Back in June of this year Ireland’s public service broadcaster RTÉ finally got around to examining the long history ofContinue Reading
Irish Belongs To Everyone On This Island Nation
An alternative view on the Irish language and Irish-speakers in modern Ireland from the viewpoint of a member ofContinue Reading
Irish Native Reservations
Another great analysis from Diaga Language on the growing challenges facing the Irish-speaking population of Ireland, particularly as they relateContinue Reading
Shitting On The Irish Since 1169
While the rest of Europe is getting on with the 21st century in the north-eastern corner of our island nationContinue Reading
Fine Gael And Labour Versus Fascists And The Irish ISIS
In most normal Western-style democracies men and women associated with environmental movements tend to be on the broad Left orContinue Reading
Plenty Of Sinister Fringes To Go Around
From a report by the “Irish” Sunday People newspaper in July 2004: “At least three Garda officers in the scandal-hit forceContinue Reading
The Return Of The Sinister State
So an unpopular minster in an unpopular government implementing unpopular policies is given her marching orders by a communityContinue Reading
Joan Burton Burns Rubber
Talking of unfinished revolutions we learn this evening that Joan Burton, Tánaiste, minster for social protection and Labour Party leader, was delayed inContinue Reading
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
I’m not quite sure if the political establishment in Ireland is embarrassed, ashamed or terrified by the 2016 centenary of theContinue Reading
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